Program overview

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 20 APRIL 2001

C1.001 Energy and Length Scales in DNA Condensation.

Jennifer Gimmell, Francisco J. Solis (Hiram College)

C1.002 The Effect of Hydrophobic Pockets in Human Serum Albumin Adsorption to Self-Assembled Monolayers

Eugene J. Choi, Shijin Jia, Stanislaw Petrash, Mark D. Foster (Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science, The University of Akron)

C1.003 Influence of solvent on dynamics and stability of a protein

Gokhan Caliskan, Alexander Kisliuk, Alexei Sokolov (Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron), Christopher Soles, Amos Tsai (NIST, Gaithersburg, MD)

C1.004 A DYNAMICAL MODEL OF MUSCLE ACTIVATION, FATIGUE AND RECOVERY

Jing Z Liu, Guang H Yue (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Dept of Biomedical Engineering), Robert W Brown (Case Western Reserve University, Dept of Physics)

C1.005 X- and Q-band EPR Studies of the Tetraheme Cytochrome c554 from Nitrosomonas europaea

Doros Petasis (Department of Physics, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335), Caleb Culver, Michael Hendrich (Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213)

C1.006 Switching Between 1st and 2nd Grandjean zones

T. Ishikawa, I. Smalyukh, S. Shiyanovskii, O. D. Lavrentovich (Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH)

C1.007 Study on Structure Formation of Short Polyethylene Chains via Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulation

Guoqiang XU, Wayne L. Mattice (Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3909)

C1.008 Surface Structure of Substituted Polystyrenes at the Polymer-Air Interface Probed Using Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

Ali Dhinojwala, Gary Harp (University of Akron Department of Polymer Science)

C1.009 Numerical Investigation of Monodisperse Polymer in an Athermal Solution Between Two Surfaces

Matthew Yi (University of Akron), Dr. Mukesh Chhajer (University of Michigan), Dr. P. D. Gujrati (University of Akron)

C1.010 Surface Segregation and Bulk Thermodynamics of Blends of Linear and Branched Functionalized Polymers

Jong Hwi Hwang, Mark D. Foster, Roderic P. Quirk (University of Akron, Department of Polymer Science)

C1.011 Characterization of photo-alignment of liquid crystals using XPS

Linli Su, John West (Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University), Kateryna Artyushkova, Julia Fulghum (Department of Chemistry, Kent State University)

C1.012 Length and Speed Selection in Dendritic Growth of Electrohydrodynamic Convection in a Nematic Liquid Crystal

Nadina Gheorghiu, James T. Gleeson (Department of Physics, Kent State University)

C1.013 The Reactivity of Nitrogen-Containing Adsorbates on Zr(0001)

Y.C. Kang, R.D. Ramsier (Department of Physics The University of Akron)

C1.014 The Growth of Environmentally Passive Films on Zirconium Surfaces

J.M. Morgan, J.S. McNatt, R.D. Ramsier (Department of Physics The University of Akron)

C1.015 Fundamental Approach to Understanding AFM-assisted Nanolithography of Silicon

R.D. Ramsier, R.M. Ralich, S.F. Lyuksyutov (Department of Physics The University of Akron)

C1.016 Oxidation at Surfaces of Uranium Oxide Particles

Richard Schueneman, Larry Burgraff (Air Force Institute of Technology)

C1.017 Near Surface Nanomechanical Behavior of Soft Materials Measured Using Lateral Force Modulation Scanning Force Microscopy

Seung-ho Moon, Mark D. Foster (The University of Akron)

C1.018 DOSIMETRY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW 5 MeV, 150 kW ELECTRON ACCELERATOR FACILITY USED FOR RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND PRODUCTION

Carlos Vargas-Aburto, Roberto M. Uribe (Program on Electron Beam Technology, Kent State University, Kent OH, 44242), Team

C1.019 Status of Experiments with the YSU Miniball

Richard Toman, Doug FOwler, James Carroll (Youngstown State University), Kate Boyle (John Carroll University), Yuki kaneko (University of Alabama-Huntsville), sarkis karamian, jindrich adam (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research), Dubna stedile, Frank stedile (University of Stuttgart)

C1.020 Propane-Fueled Jet Engine

D.A. Farwell, A.J. Svenson, R.D. Ramsier (Department of Physics The University of Akron)

C1.021 Langley's and Eddington's Sun: Thermodynamics Misapplied

Pierre-Marie Robitaille (The Ohio State University)

C1.022 Constant loss in relaxation spectra of glass forming systems.

Alexander Kisliuk, Alexei Sokolov (Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron), Vladimir Novikov (Institute of Automation amp; Electrometry), Kia Ngai (Naval Research Laboratory)

C1.023 Assessment of the Effects of Entrainment and Wind Shear on Nuclear Cloud Rise Modeling

Daniel Zalewski, Vincent Jodoin (Air Force Institute of Technology)